jueves, 9 de abril de 2015

The picture of Dorian Gray

Here you can find some links to prepare your presentations for this third and final term.

1. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY IN THE 19TH CENTURY



La vida en la época victoriana (español): https://lacasavictoriana.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/la-vida-en-la-epoca-victoriana/ Industrial Revolution, the train, social changes...

La revolución industrial para niños (español): http://es.slideshare.net/juanandresdelpozo/la-revolucin-industrial-para-nios A very easy and short explanation of the main changes of the Industrial Revolution

La vida antes y después de la Revolución Industrial (español):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKfC_dTdxXU

Victorian Britain  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/ Children in the 19th century, poor and rich families, homes, food, Christmas and inventions.

Victorian society http://www.theschoolrun.com/search/apachesolr_search/industrial%20revolution?filters=



2. QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE



Try to answer the following questions. You can take a look at the following page for help http://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/queen-victoria

1. When was Queen Victoria born?
2. How old was she when she became queen?
3. Who did she marry and when? Where was her husband born?
4. How long was she the queen of England?
5. How many children did she have?
6. What Christmas traditions became popular thanks to her?
7. When did she die?

In this website http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history2.htm you can find many links about Queen Victoria's life


3. OSCAR WILDE: HIS LIFE AND WORKS


Biografía de Oscar Wilde (español)http://www.elresumen.com/biografias/oscar_wilde.htm

Oscar Wilde different ressources: http://www.michellehenry.fr/wilde.htm

Canterville ghost Video in Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPCs2NXZrk

The happy prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP7ESTU4Pxs

The selfish giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKV8DRNzOYE


5. OTHER VICTORIAN WRITERS


Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Lewis Carroll: Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes